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I do crush and strain and gravity just takes too long for my taste - and there's a good deal of honey left inside the wax. Anyone know where to get a good honey press or have ideas to make a simple one?

"Good will is the desire to have something else stronger and more beautiful for this desire makes oneself stronger and more beautiful." - Eli Siegel, American educator, poet, founder of Aesthetic Realism

Yes it is! If I knew anything about welding I'd try to put one of these together myself. :)

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"Good will is the desire to have something else stronger and more beautiful for this desire makes oneself stronger and more beautiful." - Eli Siegel, American educator, poet, founder of Aesthetic Realism

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"Good will is the desire to have something else stronger and more beautiful for this desire makes oneself stronger and more beautiful." - Eli Siegel, American educator, poet, founder of Aesthetic Realism

Looks very much like old cider press.To bad i live so far away i do TIG welding on stainless steel can weld aluminum also. I would suggest using stainless steel pot for basic container,then cut hole in side at bottom with metal hole saw.Cut out two pieces of 3/4" plywood and set on drill press table and you have pretty darn good honey press!! :-D

Carl

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Carl-I have done so much with so little for so long i can now do something with nothing!

The item on ebay looks like it would do the job just right....but it's shipping only to Australia from what I can see.

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"Good will is the desire to have something else stronger and more beautiful for this desire makes oneself stronger and more beautiful." - Eli Siegel, American educator, poet, founder of Aesthetic Realism

There is quite a number of wine presses listed on Craigs list. I'm looking into several as I write.

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"Good will is the desire to have something else stronger and more beautiful for this desire makes oneself stronger and more beautiful." - Eli Siegel, American educator, poet, founder of Aesthetic Realism

Here is one that I made several years ago , am getting ready to put some "phoney marble" on the side surfaces to let the honey slide down better- Had alumn. on it and took it off the honey stuck to it too bad and pulled it loose..

This is really great. I've seen a other versions of the car jack honey press and they are all very imaginative. I'd like to put one together.

Can you tell me what the large horizontal bolt is and where you were able to get it? It seems that this piece is the key to preventing the entire system from splitting apart.

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"Good will is the desire to have something else stronger and more beautiful for this desire makes oneself stronger and more beautiful." - Eli Siegel, American educator, poet, founder of Aesthetic Realism

I built some piers at the beach, and had some lefe over, They were 14" gal. 5/8" bolts i figured the length I needed then welded the head end to the other threaded end , had a long 5/8" bolt. Otherwise the thing would not have stayed together/ Pried apart. the bolt is inside a piece of 1" pipe with large washers on each end of the 2 X 4's. Have used it a lot and always have to add something. Its all trial and error..Used a Rossman draining tub under it works fine..

Use the small 'UNDIES " washing machine bags, and small dive bags , small dye bags etc. hang the draw string off the round bar.and screw it. Not for a large operation , but if you want to press 20 or so frames works well. Crank it in and go do something else...